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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It's what one loves.
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us
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You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us
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When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me and a trembling seizes me all over.
Last Update: 29 July 2021
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